Review Blog

Sep 14 2015

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas

Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN 9781408858615
(Age: 14+) Recommended. Aelin Ashryver Galathynius has once again
returned to Rifthold, determined on stopping the king. She is sent
for by her former master, Arobynn the King of Assassins, where she
learns that the king is planning on executing her cousin, Aedion on
Prince Dorian's birthday. He offers her help in rescue him, but an
offer from the King of Assassins always comes at a price. When Aelin
meets up with her old flame Chaol, they don't seem to be see eye to
eye especially after finding out that Prince Dorian he has been
imprisoned in his own body by a Valg demon. Chaol thinks the prince
can be saved, but with her own recent encounter with the Valg
demon's Aelin doesn't give him much hope. With help she rescues
Aedion at the last minute, but then she must fulfull her promise to
Arobynn, she must capture a Valg demon alive. At the same time witch
Wing Leader Manon, has been given orders which is making her
question her own morals and motives.
This is the fourth book in Throne of Glass series and I LOVED it!!!!
I took the book everywhere I went just so I could read a quick
chapter. Sarah J Maas has continued to keep the reader captivated
right till the very end. She has matured the characters
appropriately and their individual personalities shine through when
the narration changes among the different characters and when they
cross paths with each other it makes for some explosive reading.
This series in now one of my favourite's right up there with the Game
of Thrones series A Song of Fire and Ice.
Jody Holmes